An experienced and well-qualified Spanish to English translator with more than 13 years' in-house and freelance experience, never known to have missed a deadline.

A native English speaker who lived and worked in Montevideo, Uruguay, throughout the 1990s.

English language reviser in IteM—a multi-lingual publishing house—for two years and then translator/editor for the InterPress Service (IPS) for the following six.

Trained to produce work to publication standard made to read like original English language copy. Frequent additional research undertaken where background or cultural information needed for changed readership.

Freelance clients include Lufthansa, the Uruguayan Chamber of Industries, Non-Governmental Agencies—UNICEF-TACRO, Rel-UITA, Redes, Lolapress, the SocialWatch project—and private individuals.

Returned to UK in 1999 and continued to translate freelance and teach part-time whilst completing an MA in Translation Studies at Portsmouth University. MA awarded with distinction in January 2006 prompting move into full-time translating.

Associate member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting pending examination for full membership. ITI Wessex, Spanish Network and Medical and Pharmaceutical Network member.